A Joyful Soul Fabrics Blog is a place where I can keep in touch with my fellow crafting addicts. I like to talk about my latest sewing projects and whatever is going on in my life as a craft/fabric shop owner!

Thursday, September 3, 2009

As mentioned before, I have a dress floating around in my head and I really want to attempt to write a pattern and actually create it. Problem is, I don't have any idea how to do this. I mean, Step One, I need a dress form with my measurements... yikes...that would be a big dose of reality I'm not sure I'm ready for. But I have a tutorial on how to make a mold of my body so I just need to do it. Then, a bolt of muslin to start draping....okay, I'm going to be honest now...the fact is, this happens to me every time Project Runway starts a new season. All of sudden, I'm certain that there is a jewel of a fashion designer deep down inside of me and all I need to do is get a big bolt of raw silk and my T-shirt/Duct Tape body form and POOF!.........The Most Fantastic Formal Dress You've Ever Seen! I'll be the talk of the Navy Ball..."Did you see Joy?" "Where did she get a gorgeous dress like that in this small town?" "Deb said she made it!" "No WAY! Seriously? That's AMAZING! She should be on that Project Runway show!"Okay, so I'm a little on the crazy side. This is what happens when you suffer from two weeks of insomnia...you start having these scenes evolve in your head and visions of a gorgeous gown of your making...well, at least that's what happens to me. Fact is, not everyone can sew garments. It takes a special understanding of how clothing goes together to best flatter a body. A "garment engineer" if you will. The last thing I want to do is invest a ton of money into a bolt of a fine fabric only for the dress to be completely unwearable (like that sheer mess of a dress that went down the Project Runway runway a couple weeks ago~huh?) or I can see myself getting so frustrated that I can't even do the simplest thing like design and construct a formal dress that everyone will oo and ah over so it all gets scrapped and ends up in the bottom of my closet. Well, not the body form, I'll bet my husband would recycle that into some horrible and gruesome lawn ornament for Halloween.So, what I have concluded is: I will, for the time being, soak in all the info I can on the subject...I've enlisted help from my sewing friends on Twitter who have already replied to my call for help, at 6:00 am (Twitter is the Land of Insomniacs...I'm certain!). I will get a few patterns and actually try to put together a full garment before making one of my own design. The dream hasn't been shelved. I will just execute it in a slow and meticulous manner. You never know, I may still be the next Project Runway star-in-hiding. Which brings me to the reason for this random post...Does anyone know of a good Garment Sewing Tutorial book?

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

I just got my sneak peeks from Amy's "people" of her new fabric line. I was hoping it was going to ship this month but we have been told it won't ship until December...big 'ole bummer! Oh well, this is the perfect Christmas gift! I will tease you with my collage!

Can you see it?? Which one's do you want to see better?? What do you think? Comment to this post to let me know which are your faves (so I know what to order 2 bolts of)!!

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Hi! I'm Joy! I am a mom, proud Navy wife and owner of A Joyful Soul Fabrics. I'm a textile addict and stockpile fabric and yarn...just in case. I also love to spend time with friends and family when I'm not sitting in front of my Pfaff!